Chloe expressed his doubts to Cam on the Internet.
Cam replied, "Don't speculate on Overmind's wisdom. Every action of the great Overmind has deep meaning. As a node, what you need to do is to consider the development of Swarm and make everything the best."
"Yes, Overmind is responsible for leading Swarm, and the nodes are responsible for carrying out Overmind's will. That's how it should be." No longer entangled in the reason, Chloe walked towards her study.
Human society can still provide some assistance to Swarm, such as shutting down all those magic crystal factories, but High-energy Crystal, catalyzing explosives into chemical energy is too wasteful.
When Overmind carried out colonization, he carried High-energy Crystal in his body. Chloe wanted to collect all the magic crystal mines in the empire and send them to Hatchery.
As for the technological fault, this is a problem. People need to live, ordinary people need to eat, and the technological development of the entire empire is based on magic crystal. If it is suddenly banned, the relevant industrial chains will collapse, and the employees will starve.
Swarm's external approach is Consume and killing, but internally it will not waste even a Zergling's life. Both death and recycling are valuable.
Chloe, who used to be Princess, might not care about the life and death of the people at the bottom. Now that her thinking and values are gradually converging with Swarm, her way of thinking is different.
"Swarm is a collection of every bug. Swarm tries its best to make every molecule in the system play its useful value. One is the whole, and the whole is one."
While he was thinking of a solution, Chloe's thoughts were interrupted by the knock on the door from the attendant outside.
"Your Majesty, Acting Speaker Donald is requesting an audience to ask for your instructions regarding some issues related to the national system." Erica, the astute personal maid, reported to Chloe after asking the attendants.
"Indeed, it is time to set some tone for the empire. It is no longer appropriate to always follow the old tradition. Let Donrad come in."
Soon, Donrad, who seemed to look older, sat down in front of Chloe with trepidation. Two of his servants brought in a huge painting. Old Donrad looked closely at the servants, for fear that they would accidentally knock over the painting.
After the red cloth was removed, the appearance of this giant painting was displayed in front of Chloe. The protagonist of the picture was Chloe herself, when she was crowned emperor.
It's just processed with art, which makes Chloe more noble and heroic.
Donlad immediately stood up and began to introduce the painting. "We plan to use this painting as a model to make the national flag and national emblem of the empire. The sword in your hand symbolizes the Republic of Croland, the eagle on your shoulder symbolizes the Highlanders, the bauhinia crown on your head symbolizes Altea, and the stag behind your back symbolizes Oakley."
From an artistic point of view, this painting is flawless. It not only symbolizes the majesty of the imperial power, but also embodies the elements of the four major countries.
After looking at it for a while, Chloe said, "Yes, it's not enough to use this to represent the empire, it can only represent the royal family."
This sentence made Donrade stunned for a moment. Isn't the empire the empire of the royal family?
"The empire is no longer the empire of the royal family, but the empire of the gods. The people do not need to be loyal to me, but to the gods. The national flag and national emblem should be those of the church. The emblem of the four-winged dragon god is very good."
Cold sweat began to ooze from Donald's head. The Four-Winged Dragon God Church was established under the Queen's personal order. It developed very rapidly and also played a role in uniting the empire.
Whether you are a Highlander or an Altean, as long as you are a believer in the church, you are a brother and a servant of the gods. Previous conflicts and conflicts can be put aside temporarily.
However, the religious power has just made a compromise with the imperial power, and now it is using the power of the church, which will inevitably erode the influence of the imperial power. The struggle between the two powers has always been bloody.
Donlad couldn't figure it out. Chloe was such a powerful queen. Not counting Swarm monsters, she had many people supporting her. The Pope even left his scepter. Why would the queen use the emblem of the church to represent the empire? Such an approach would definitely cause a domestic power struggle. With the queen's wisdom, how could she not think of it?
"Queen... Your Majesty, the church is a useful tool, but... using their emblem to represent the empire... isn't it a bit inappropriate?"
The current empire implements a representative system. Matters of all sizes are drafted and voted on by the parliament, and the queen finally stamps her approval or veto.
This system was proposed by Kam. This representative system has many benefits. First, it can use the power structure of parliament to win over the gentry, rich people, and nobles. Because the decision-making power lies with the emperor, there is no need to worry about their expansion of power.
The Second Parliament and the government are two sets of teams. The government's administrative staff can be appointed and dismissed, and personnel power is still in the hands of the emperor. They are only loyal to the emperor. As long as they don't cause problems, the empire is still in the hands of the emperor.
Third, it can reduce public grievances. In Kam's words, it is very complicated to govern a society where everyone has independent thoughts, and it is impossible to take into account everyone's interests. People need a target to fight and vent their emotions, and institutions like parliament can play the role of a pressure relief valve for social conflicts.
When the education level of most people improves, a lower house can be added to allow more people to participate in political governance.
There is no church in the design of this rights organization. Many histories have proven that the existence of the church often suppresses social development and progress.
Donrad liked this design very much. In the past, Crowland had a similar model of parliament, except that there was an emperor on top. For property owners like them, there was still room for maneuver.
For his own benefit, even if Donrade was really afraid of the Queen, he wanted to try to change her mind.
"In the history of the Altia Empire, the struggle between the church and the royal family lasted for three hundred years... so..."
"By the way, all future members of Parliament must join the church and be believers of gods." Chloe's next words directly drove back all the remarks that Donrad had just remembered.
With Chloe's current mental and spiritual power, how could she not understand what Donald meant? Those people in the parliament are all the same. Do they really think about the country? Maybe one or two, but the most they consider is their own interests.
"Remember Donald, what I require is that everyone in the empire must believe in the four-winged dragon god. Whether he is a beggar or an emperor, he is a servant of God. You must understand this."
Chloe's eyes made Donald very scared, and her eyes made Donald's legs start to tremble.
"The empire does not belong to me, nor does it belong to anyone. It only belongs to the gods and the four-winged dragon god. I emphasize again that you can disobey me, but you cannot disobey God."